, unemployment exhibits persistence in the sense of duration dependence: the probability of obtaining a job decreases in the length …

a measure of sexual discrimination. Using data on fourteen industry classifications (e.g. retail sales, agriculture), a … comparisons with a control". The inference indicates that differences in gender discrimination across industry classifications is …

though masks an increased rate of return on women’s education, and a decreased rate for men. Women wage “discrimination …

that suggest that discrimination may also be a factor. …

This paper analyzes the effect of co-worker discrimination on wage and unemployment differentials between males and … females using a search model. In the presence of asymmetric co- worker discrimination, no female-dominated firm emerges in the … Moreover, an increase in the degree of discrimination by males results in gains to them in terms of higher wages and lower …

I study the consequences of heterogeneity of skills for the design of an optimal unemployment insurance, using a … during unemployment due to depreciation of skills and increases on the job because of learning by doing. Any insurance … contract, periods of unemployment are characterised by declining benefits. Agents are further punished for long unemployment by …

I estimate a life cycle model of consumption choice with unemployment risk. Employed individuals face the risk of …. Following the loss of a job and during unemployment, an agent’s productivity declines. Using micro data, I estimate the … estimated model is used to perform policy simulations that highlight the relationship between the unemployment insurance scheme …

and occupational composition of commuting flows, and presence or absence of wage discrimination against rural residents in …